Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 18252c8b47ef8c4f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.0 KB Created: 2021-07-05 06:42:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: c757d1f08c1c5573b2fe4ae2b760f991 SHA-1: ce22d6b3d5184f39d03d938933059b3a822066ea SHA-256: 18252c8b47ef8c4f9d9e27c6bb0e8330c6d64ebc3af3fe5b453818b329b6e582
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF document contains a link farm pointing to multiple domains, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL targets suggest an attempt to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f217b55701---fujesulokitodivum.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.sixteengrams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nktuoae0dqipol7m7c2728a5bv/56576933084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acril.ru/ufiles/files/78997635773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cw-cut.com/uploads/file/kovirezizeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.properties-thassos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2jhb6hcoukkv80rci4skimsqv/xorixatol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091df1fb6831---jimupiwirelotisepikidup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclightingalaska.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d048d17578d0b537c29942d6612618b/rijabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eoluk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4n7e2quqj570ubmv3asv2hu9n6/mobenafonijepizenaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rowtheerne.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94124012ca071c2b1e4b9aff6d8c0642/82862981761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://searchlink.org/userfiles//file/migovaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160958eb540a07---gajebevetamupojuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotusromeo.fr/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/44288162352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.liveartsaskatchewan.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b07fdf23412---33296783335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hi-reid-solutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e665151b6e182362a6c0c2c3457aaca/61906510543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8513873f24---gefozeduralifixiduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0819277384977f885af017d06d75e5d3/31223118202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://handbook.hu/upload/page/file/26760844702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.citysecurity.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/or5tc6nq7sf8ehfa7r72g5a13e/gegoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharajohnscreek.com/sites/default/files/file/kidikig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608820ec00554---muzim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://i-daa-wl.de/userfiles/67141193034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b103e4a90b6a462b6b010a2dbca15c0/fatevuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atallmed.com/userfiles/files/92361295233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ie8qehmotc21hv8ktcctm67q7/66836188245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f5de85a2fe---jewovuluf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=things+with+perks+nyt+crosswordPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010462.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10462 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011c74.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C74 17656 bytes
SHA-256: dde1d37b3b218b58c87e06c2695e32f7500fe615af869736b974e91a96fcbfc5
font_02_sfnt_off00014a97.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14A97 10840 bytes
SHA-256: a09f96797e3fa6c1a7c4422dd54ededfe57ba27d1d3f62277e8e29295fa5ec6e